Weekly Roundup: January 7th
The justices are considering whether the federal mandates governing private employers and healthcare staff are constitutional. And Republicans who back Trump's election lies are running for election a...
7 Jan 202226min
'A Dagger At The Throat Of Democracy': President Biden Decries Election Lies
In a speech from the Capitol one year after the building was attacked, President Biden warned that the United States could become a nation that "accepts political violence as a norm" and allows "parti...
6 Jan 202218min
Biden's COVID Response Lags Behind The Crisis, Experts Say
As the president and his team promise more tests are coming, the omicron variant continues to drive cases to new records. While the latest wave is putting a smaller share of people into the hospital, ...
5 Jan 202214min
Capitol Police Are Still Dealing With The Aftermath Of January 6th
Chief Tom Manger says that he is dealing with low morale and high turnover as the force attempts to reinvent itself in the wake of last year's attack on the Capitol. There were more than 9000 threats ...
4 Jan 202214min
US Democracy Is At Risk Of Failing, According To 64% Of Americans
The sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans, two-thirds of whom wrongly believe that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election." That's according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll out Monday. A...
3 Jan 202214min
Our Favorite Political Music of 2021
Miles Parks, Juana Summers, and Ayesha Rascoe are joined by Stephen Thompson of NPR Music to discuss their favorite political music of the year.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NP...
31 Dec 202117min
Our Favorite Political TV Of 2021
Miles Parks, Kelsey Snell, and Barbara Sprunt are joined by Aisha Harris of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast to discuss the year in political television.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.o...
30 Dec 202114min
What Does It Take To Combat Disinformation?
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor at Syracuse University, talks to NPR's Miles Parks about conspiracy, disinformation, and what it would take to improve civic literacy and rebuild trust in institu...
29 Dec 202112min
